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The Architectural Capriccio. Memory, Fantasy and Invention.
Lucien . Ed(S): Steil
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Description for The Architectural Capriccio. Memory, Fantasy and Invention.
paperback. Editor(s): Steil, Lucien. Series: Ashgate Studies in Architecture. Num Pages: 548 pages. BIC Classification: AB; AMVD; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 177 x 245 x 35. Weight in Grams: 998.
Bringing together leading writers and practicing architects including Jean Dethier, David Mayernik, Massimo Scolari, Robert Adam, David Watkin and Leon Krier, this volume provides a kaleidoscopic, multilayered exploration of the Architectural Capriccio. It not only explains the phenomena within a historical context, but moreover, demonstrates its contemporary validity and appropriateness as a holistic design methodology, an inspiring pictorial strategy, an efficient rendering technique and an optimal didactic tool. The book shows and comments on a wide range of historic masterworks and highlights contemporary artists and architects excelling in a modern updated, refreshed and original tradition of the Capriccio. The capacity ... Read more
Bringing together leading writers and practicing architects including Jean Dethier, David Mayernik, Massimo Scolari, Robert Adam, David Watkin and Leon Krier, this volume provides a kaleidoscopic, multilayered exploration of the Architectural Capriccio. It not only explains the phenomena within a historical context, but moreover, demonstrates its contemporary validity and appropriateness as a holistic design methodology, an inspiring pictorial strategy, an efficient rendering technique and an optimal didactic tool. The book shows and comments on a wide range of historic masterworks and highlights contemporary artists and architects excelling in a modern updated, refreshed and original tradition of the Capriccio. The capacity ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
548
Condition
New
Series
Ashgate Studies in Architecture
Number of Pages
548
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781138246447
SKU
V9781138246447
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About Lucien . Ed(S): Steil
Lucien Steil is an Associate Professor in Architecture at the University of Notre Dame, USA and Rome.
Reviews for The Architectural Capriccio. Memory, Fantasy and Invention.
' ... nearly encyclopedic ... lavishly illustrated ... this collaborative discourse seeks to elevate a once-trivialized art form to noble genre status by polemically redefining its purpose as that of antidote to a modern world impoverished by lifeless, functionalist architectural forms. Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.' Choice 'This tome is a significant contribution to the understanding of the concept of ... Read more